The Epic Games Store has once again surfaced with a controversy tied to the way freebies are distributed. In recent days, users report that the space exploration sim Kerbal Space Program, which had been offered to everyone for the past week, suddenly vanished from the lineup for players in Russia and Belarus. This kind of regional removal has stirred discussion among the community about how regional restrictions are applied to games that were previously accessible at no cost. The reaction among players who had already added the title to their libraries was swift and vocal, with many wondering whether the game would be restored or whether licenses and regional entitlements were altered behind the scenes.
Gamers who had participated in the promotion observed that the title disappeared from their library while some even received notices that a refund request was being processed. Officially, Private Division games are not marketed in that region, yet Kerbal Space Program appeared in the Epic catalog without noticeable barriers at first. The discrepancy highlights ongoing complexities around regional availability, entitlement management, and how promotions are synchronized with local licensing rules. For players affected by the change, this prompted questions about eligibility, refund timelines, and the criteria Epic uses to determine access in specific markets.
Before this incident, the platform programming team at Epic had a separate mix up involving a different free title. The store briefly offered Death Stranding in a rarer, more expensive edition, only to replace it with the standard edition shortly after. The company later explained that an internal scheduling error occurred and attributed the issue to a temporary worker who did not fully align the promotional assets with the intended release. The episode serves as a reminder that even large digital storefronts can encounter human error that ripples through the user experience, especially when promotions are in flux and new builds are pushed to live servers.
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Source: VG Times